REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. JOHN DOE ETC. (1997)

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. JOHN DOE ETC.
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: December 2, 1996
	Decided: February 19, 1997
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. JOHN DOE ETC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1997. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1996.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: State college or university
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Out of state noncriminal defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 519 U.S. 425
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.